22 July The literary calendar
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How, then, was the Devil dressed? Oh! he was in his Sunday's best; His coat was red, and his breeches were blue, And there was a hole where his tail came through.
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- Margery Williams: James Bolivar Manson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
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